to remain competitive, many organizations are forced to either reduce or completely disregard certain elements of their total rewards programs. This has not always been an easy decision, because on the flip side of the coin, the availability and quality of a company's benefits remains one of the major factors affecting an employee's morale, influences their decision to remain in the business and more so can determine whether or not a qualified employee accepts a job in the first place. What if
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Motivation in today's workplace: the link to performance. ABSTRACT In today's hyper-competitive marketplace, understanding what fosters and forwards employee motivation--and, thus, organizational performance--is critical. Based on theories, studies, best practices, case studies and resources about motivation, this solutions-focused research article presents valuable information for the senior HR leader seeking competitive advantage. ********** Introduction In today's marketplace, where companies
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valuable, productive asset that can help the organization achieve its goals. This paper defines employee engagement as described in three articles and compares the results of these studies to provide recommendations on how organizations can develop an engaged workforce. Article 1 – Impact of HR Practices on Employee Engagement Defined in the first article, employee engagement is the extent to which an employee’s intellectual & emotional commitment help an organization achieve its desired results.
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international annual volumes between 1980 and June 2002 to consolidate what is empirically verifiable about Hofstede’s cultural values framework. We discuss limitations in the Hofstede-inspired research and make recommendations for researchers who use Hofstede’s framework in the future. Journal of International Business Studies (2006) 37, 285–320. doi:10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400202 Keywords: Hofstede; cultural values; cross-cultural management Correspondence: Bradley L Kirkman, Department of Management
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Background Lembaga Tabung Haji – TH (Pilgrims Fund Board) was established as a premiere economic-based Islamic financial institution inspired with a realization to help provide investment services and opportunities while managing pilgrimage activities for the Malaysian Muslim community. TH was meant to play a bigger social role, thus in addition to managing pilgrimage activities, it operates as an alternative institutional body providing investment opportunities for Islamic depositors to save and
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.......... 10 Ethical Leadership (EL) .................................................................................................................................. 10 Affective Commitment to the Supervisor (ACTS) ............................................................................................ 10 Job Security (JS)
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is the ability to perceive, control and evaluate emotions of self or others Emotional intelligence is about how we manage our actions with both others and ourselves as a result of the emotions we feel. Peter Salovey and John D. Mayer -“the subset of social intelligence that involves the ability to monitor one's own and others' feelings and emotions, to discriminate among them and to use this information to guide one's thinking and actions” (1990) Four factors of EI 1. the perception of emotion
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Introduction In the present era, job satisfaction plays vital role in the organization’s managementand in the implementation of effective human resource development strategies. In view of this, the study attempts to identify the influence that rewards have on job satisfaction. Job satisfaction increases the degree of happiness in the workplace, which leads to a positive work approach. A lack of jobsatisfaction can lead to increased absenteeism and unnecessary turnover in the workplace(Locke
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Industrial/Organizational (I/O) Psychology: I-side: human resources functions Ex: training, selection, performance appraisal O-side: understanding and predicting behavior Ex: motivation, work attitudes, stress, leadership, team effectiveness Organizational behavior: the scientific study of individual and group behavior in organizations; focused on different levels of analysis * Use of the scientific method to understand and solve problems relate to people in organizations * Focus
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Introduction Engagement at work was conceptualized by Kahn, (1990) as the µharnessing of organizational members¶ selves to their work roles. In engagement, people employ andexpress themselves physically, cognitively, and emotionally during role performances.The second related construct to engagement in organizational behavior is the notion of flow advanced by Csikszentmihalyi (1975, 1990). Csikzentmihalyi (1975) defines flow asthe µholistic sensation¶ that, people feel when they act with total involvement
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